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Mutiny on the Bounty and Migraine (video)

by James on 27 September 2011

You don’t usually think of those two as related, do you?  Well, researchers at Griffith University, where a lot of research is being done into migraine, have indeed taken notice of the descendants of the mutineers and the prevalence of migraine disease among the people today.  Compared to the general population, the prevalence of migraine [...]

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Migraine: More Genetic Clues

by James on 1 July 2011

New research this month has found specific genetic variants associated with migraine.  The research builds on earlier research that we’ve talked about before (see Found: Genetic Link to “Basic” Migraine). The research was led by Dr. Markus Shürks, who received a grant from the Migraine Research Foundation.  The study involved 5,122 migraineurs and 18,108 non-migraineurs. [...]

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Two migraine “experts” debunked…

by James on 3 November 2010

Sharing of information is a wonderful thing.  And after all, that’s why this website is here. But that spreading of information always has its downfalls.  Of course, there’s the danger of spreading bad information.  Or incomplete information.  And no one is free from those kinds of dangers. There’s also the danger of misunderstanding the information you [...]

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Found: Genetic Link to "Basic" Migraine

by James on 4 September 2010

A study of genetic data from over 50,000 people has revealed a genetic link to migraine, and is providing new information about the source of migraine and its treatment. First of all, why are we even looking for genetic links?  Well, for some time now we’ve had a reasonably good theory that migraine is genetically-based. [...]

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We know that migraine and depression are comorbid – they often go together.  But why?  Does one cause the other?  Do they cause each other?  Or is there a shared factor causing both? Migraine and Depression – a common combination Researchers in the Department of Neurology at the Leiden University Medical Centre in the Netherlands [...]

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